Social Mayhem: Disturbed & Slipknot's 2008 Homecoming Show

by Tim Hargesheimer

In a traditional Ozzfest-like stage setup, the Rockster Mayhem Festival visited Chicago and brought all the ear-popping thunder that Ozzfest has been missing over the past few years. With only one show in Texas this summer, Ozzy & Co. gave Chicago (and the rest of the country) the middle finger. So, the Mayhem Festival not only provided Chicagoans a much needed metal needle in the vein, but gave us the addicting drug at an affordable price.

On an absolutely perfect and cloudless summer night, Slipknot and Disturbed delivered a firm knock-out punch to all the sun-soaked concertgoers at the First Midwest Bank Amphitheater. The main stage powerhouse headliners gave us everything we could want and more for a Sunday night. Chicago's favorite rock sons Disturbed came up first and blasted out classics such as "Liberate," "Prayer," "Stupify," "10,000 Fists," "Voices" and "Stricken" while still carefully sliding in "Inside the Fire," their first radio single from Indestructable. Disturbed sounded incredible in a set that lasted just over an hour. As the sun was setting on the Windy City, the south side quartet powered out this thirteen-song set with such precision that each song almost made you forget that Slipknot was close behind. Almost.

Read the full review at UnRatedMagazine.com